transitive
Transitive (adj) means passing or moving from one place to another.
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1
Passing or moving from one place to another.
2
Having a meaning that has shifted from another word.
3
(grammar) Used together with a direct object.
"The English verb "to notice" is a transitive verb, because we say things like "She noticed a problem"."
"Men have tried to turn "revolutionise" from a transitive to an intransitive verb."
— G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy (1908)
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(maths) Describes a relation where, if the first thing relates to the second and the second to the third, the first must also relate to the third.
""Is an ancestor of" is a transitive relation: if Alice is an ancestor of Bob, and Bob is an ancestor of Carol, then Alice is an ancestor of Carol."
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Etymology
Taken from Latin trānsitīvus, from trānsitus, which comes from trāns ("across") plus itus, from eō ("to go").
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What is the meaning of transitive?
"transitive" (adj) means passing or moving from one place to another.
What is the opposite of transitive?
The opposite of "transitive" is intransitive.
What are the different meanings of transitive?
"transitive" has 3 main meanings: 1. Passing or moving from one place to another; 2. Having a meaning that has shifted from another word; 3. (grammar) Used together with a direct object.
